GUYMON, Okla. (KSNW) — An emergency motion has been filed to stop the suspects accused of murdering Kansas mothers Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley from transferring or moving assets as a legal battle with Butler’s mom plays out in court.

Those suspects include Tifany Adams, Tad Cullum, Cole Twombly, Cora Twombly, and Paul Grice, all of whom have been charged in connection with the women’s deaths

The emergency motion requests a “temporary restraining order and temporary injunction to prevent fraudulent transfers.”

Court documents allege that the defendants are selling or transferring assets, including real property (land or homes), personal property, and trust assets. The documents state that the transfers involve relatives or entities “controlled by defendants” and that the transfers have been made after the threat of litigation.

Attorneys representing Butler’s mom are asking that the defendants, and all people acting on their behalf, be prevented from selling, transferring, assigning, gifting, dissipating, conveying, encumbering or concealing assets. They also ask that any financial records not be destroyed and that any financial accounts not be liquidated.

Butler’s mom filed a wrongful death suit in March 2025 against Adams, Cullum, Cole, Cora, and Grice. Butler’s mom is suing for medical and burial expenses, mental pain and anguish, and grief and loss of companionship.

On March 30, 2024, Butler and Kelley were reported missing after driving to Oklahoma from Hugoton to pick up Butler’s children from Adams, the children’s paternal grandmother. Their vehicle was later found abandoned near Elkhart, Oklahoma.

Two weeks later, Butler and Kelley’s bodies were discovered buried in a chest freezer. Investigators say they had been stabbed to death. The five suspects were arrested the following month